LAHORE - Statistics speak the bitter truth that overall percentage of disposal of cases at lower courts is not more than six per cent which explains the horrific proportions the existing backlog has assumed. It is no wonder the litigants are seen running from pillar to post to get justice. The data ...

ISLAMABAD - Lamenting the prevalent sordid state of affairs, Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan of Supreme Court has said justice is essential to bring balance and eliminate evils from the society.He expressed these views in the inaugural ceremony of a one-week training course on 'Gender Sensitisation with ...

WARSAW (UPI):-A communist-era opposition activist in Poland faces as much as a year in prison for throwing a pie in a judge's face during a hearing. Former Polish Interior Minister Czeslaw Kiszczak is being tired for a fifth time in the govt's killing of nine coal miners on strike in Dec 1981. The ...

The Supreme Court has asserted that it intents to make history so far as the treason case against Musharraf is concerned. The statement of Justice Jawad S Khawaja that, “we have to decide about article 6 for all time to come” reflects the court’s determination that would help ...

Wife of former Chief Justice of Pakistan Irshad Hasan Khan passed away here the other day and was laid to rest in a local graveyard on Friday. The Nation Editor-in-Chief Majid Nizami, Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Saqib Nisar and Iqbal Hamidur Rehman of Supreme Court ...

LAHORE - Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan has said Islamic social justice system is the key to unite the nation.Addressing Azm-e-Pakistan Convention here at Aiwan-e-Iqbal on Sunday, he said Muslims were welcomed as liberators by the people of Turkey and Christian Rome when they reached ...

BATTAGRAM/MANSEHRA - Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said that those who ruined the country cannot fix it. Addressing a public gathering at Battagram on Friday, he said system of justice, not roads, builds nations. He called on the people of Battagram not to cast their vote ...

ISLAMABAD - Apprehending bias former military ruler Pervez Musharraf on Thursday through his lawyer requested Justice Jawwad S Khawaja to recuse from the Supreme Court bench trying him for high treason charges. "My client apprehends elements of bias from this bench as long as it is headed by ...

Three men have been acquitted for gang raping of a girl, abducted from the premises of Quaid’s mausoleum, in 2008 by an Additional Sessions Judge in Karachi. The judge rejected the universally accepted DNA evidence, which even our Supreme Court has declared admissible. No greater disservice ...

Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial on Friday inaugurated new urgent cell.The judges working at the principal seat of the LHC, its office bearers and senior lawyers also graced the occasion. The urgent cell has been refurbished and state of the art facilities under one roof have been ...

Hearing petitions regarding initiating treason case against former president General (Retd) Pervez Musharraf, Justice Jawwad S Khawaja remarked that the court will meet all the requirements of justice.A three-judge bench headed by Justice Jawwad S Khawaja heard the treason petitions against Pervez ...

Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhamad Chaudhry has said that progress was not possible without ensuring rule of law in the country.Speaking at Mityai Bar on Saturday, The CJ said that it was incumbent upon the judiciary to work for the basic rights of the people and it could discharge its ...

Caretaker Chief Minister Sindh Justice (Retd) Zahid Qurban Alvi took oath of his office at Governor House in Karachi.Sindh Governor Dr. Ishratul Ebad Khan administered the oath.Alongwith others‚ former Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah also attended the ceremony.Earlier on Wednesday, ...

The government and the opposition in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) have nominated Justice (Retd) Tariq Pervez Khan, a former judge of the Supreme Court, as caretaker chief minister of the province.KP Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti and Opposition Leader Akram Khan Durrani announce Pervez’s ...

LAHORE - The order by which a three-judge Supreme Court bench dismissed the petition of Dr Tahirul Qadri on Wednesday was, in fact, a ‘justice plus’ as in addition to getting his ‘grievance redressed’ the petitioner was also given ‘extra relief’ when told that ...

Chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that he is standing among the martyrs today and my maternal grand father and my mother are with me here today.Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari remained in focus as he was launching his political career ...

Justice Tassadduq Hussain Jillani, senior most judge of the Supreme Court Monday took oath as Acting Chief Justice of Pakistan.Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk administered oath to him as acting Chief Justice of Pakistan in a ceremony held in the Supreme Court Building Islamabad. Justice Tassadduq Hussain ...

Justice (rtd) Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim took oath today of his new office as Chief Election Commissioner (CEC).Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry administered oath to the new CEC at an august ceremony held at Supreme Court (SC) premises at 9am this morning.Secretary Election ...

Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed took oath on Friday as the permanent judge of the Supreme Court (SC).Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry administered oath to him in an oath-taking ceremony held at the apex court premises.Various dignitaries including judges and lawyers attended ...

President Asif Ali Zardari today approved the appointment of Justice Umar Ata Bandial of Lahore High Court as the Chief Justice of the said High Court. The President also approved the elevation of Chief Justice LHC Sh. Azmat Saeed as Judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Spokesperson Senator ...

Justice Shakirullah Jan on Monday took the oath as acting Chief Justice of Pakistan in the absence of Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry who is on a visit to London to attend the International Jurists Conference.The oath-taking ceremony was held at the Supreme Court. Judges of apex court, prominent ...

The senior most judge of the Supreme Court (SC) Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan took oath as the acting Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) on Saturday.Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry took oath from Justice Shakirullah at a ceremony held at Old Governor House, Murree.It is ...

Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has stressed that dispensation of effective and expeditious justice was a Constitutional requirement of Pakistan. Addressing the seminar organized by Chief Justice, Sindh High Court (SHC) attended by all the relevant stakeholders, the CJP stressed that tit ...

Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said that Judicial academies could play a positive role in strengthening the administration of justice by equipping the judges through training programs with the values of equality before the law, fairness, and impartiality, ...

The chief justice of Pakistan said that the judiciary did not have resources to dispense justice. Addressing the last session of the National Judicial Conference in Islamabad, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said that it was a historical conference that was held to bring reforms in the ...

Punjab CM Shahbaz Sharif expressed displeasure over the use of word Punjabi Taliban by Rehman Malik. Shahbaz Sharif warned that these incidents should not be linked with Punjab. Shahbaz visisted the residence of slain Minority Affairs Minister Shahbaz Bhattis residence in I-83 Islamabad and ...

Citing uprisings across the Middle East where people lack adequate social protection, top UN officials Saturday called for a new era of social justice that offers basic services, decently paid jobs, and safeguards for the poor, vulnerable and marginalized. Social justice is more than an ethical ...

Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Ch has said that administration of justice generates a feeling of satisfaction in the people and thereby promotes social peace. If the lamp of justice becomes broken then there will be great darkness. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice ...

Justice Musheer Alam has been named the Chief Justice of Sindh High Court as his predecessor Justice Sarmad Jalal Usmani and another senior judge Justice Amir Muslim Hani have been elevated to the Supreme Court. The Judicial Commission had nominated the judges, which were approved by the President.

Brother of Justice Javed Iqbal, Naveed Iqbal has been arrested in a case relating murder of their parents here, report said on Tuesday. Naveed has been arrested after Justice Javed Iqbal had been taken into confidence. Spokesman of Government of Punjab unveiled that Naveed confessed having killed ...